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Mariana Leitão

Mariana Leitão

Portuguese politician

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  • 4h ago

    Portugal's education minister faces calls for inquiry after contradictory statements on exam digitalization pilot

    Opposition parties are demanding access to all documentation and urgent parliamentary hearings after the education minister initially denied any report existed on a 2025 pilot project, only for his secretary of state to later confirm written information was available.

  • Jun 18

    Portugal’s parliament poised to approve labour reform after Chega softens opposition

    The government’s labour package, condemned by unions as a rollback of worker protections, appears set to pass a key parliamentary vote on Friday after the far-right Chega party indicated it would not block the legislation.

  • May 28

    Portuguese police raid Socialist Party HQ in major corruption probe targeting municipal contracts

    Portugal's Judicial Police carried out around 90 searches, including at the Socialist Party's national headquarters in Lisbon, as part of a large-scale corruption investigation into municipal contract rigging.

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